Head of Buying

• Lead and inspire the Buying team to deliver aspirational, brand-right, and commercially strong product ranges
• Embed deep customer understanding into assortment decisions
• Partner cross-functionally with Design, Merchandising, Technical, Marketing, and Operations
• Drive excellence in product build-up, buy readiness, and launch execution
• Lead a proactive and data-driven approach to costing, supplier planning, and forecast accuracy
• Use open costing and smart negotiation to improve margin while protecting product quality
• Drive consolidation strategies across categories, components, and materials
• Build strong supplier partnerships and increase transparency across the value chain
• Own end-to-end Buying execution ensuring strong governance, clear prioritisation, and on-time delivery
• Act as a senior gatekeeper for key milestones
• Lead go-to-market execution with cross-functional partners
• Strengthen ways of working, data quality, and operational discipline
• Drive commercial performance in partnership with Merchandising
• Shape line plans, option depth, and price architecture
• Create a strong trading culture
• Make commercial decisions that balance product ambition, margin, speed, risk, and production feasibility
• Coach and develop a high-performing Buying team
• Act as a transformation leader
• Bring energy, clarity, and leadership to senior discussions

• Proven senior Buying leadership experience within fashion retail, with deep end-to-end ownership from concept through to production and trade
• Strong, hands-on experience in open costing, including cost-breakdown analysis, margin engineering, and supplier negotiations
• Demonstrated ability to drive material/component consolidation strategies across categories to improve margin, speed, and operational efficiency
• Solid experience in production planning, including capacity considerations, lead-time optimisation, and alignment of buy decisions to GTM calendars
• Experience influencing upstream value-chain cost drivers, including engagement with second- and third-tier suppliers and/or nominated sub-suppliers
• Deep understanding of product build-up, including option depth, buy quantities, phasing, and readiness for on-time, trade-ready launches
• Commercially astute, able to balance product ambition, customer needs, cost, margin, and execution realities
• Strong communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills
• Ability to manage ambiguity, set priorities, and deliver under pressure
• Proficient in Buying systems (PLM, SAP) and critical-path management
• Comfortable operating at pace, making prioritisation and trade-off decisions in complex, fast-moving environments

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